Helfgott is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Ben Helfgott (born 1930), British Holocaust survivor, and champion weightlifter David Helfgott (born 1947), Australian concert pianist Harald Helfgott (born 1977), Peruvian mathematician See also Nathaniel Helfgot (born 1963), American rabbi Yitzchak Meir Helfgot (born 1969), Jewish Cantor